# yogurt
## English
### Alternative forms

* yoghurt (Commonwealth)
* yoghourt
* yogourt (Canada)
* (obsolete, 17th century:) yoghurd
* (obsolete, 19th century:) yaghourt, yahourt, yogurd, yohourth, yooghort, yughard, yughurt, yaourt

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yŏʹgət, IPA: /ˈjɒ.ɡət/,
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) enPR: yōʹgərt, IPA: /ˈjoʊ.ɡɚt/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) enPR: yōʹgət, IPA: /ˈjəʉ.ɡət/
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒɡət

### Noun

yogurt (countable and uncountable, plural yogurts)
* A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
** 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star‎:Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).
** 2024 September 5, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times‎:It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
* (especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).

#### Usage notes

* Non-dairy yogurt, at least in the United States, is often labeled "yogurt alternative" on the package.

#### Derived terms

* AB-yogurt
* frozen yogurt
* Greek yogurt
* Icelandic yogurt
* purple-headed yogurt slinger
* soy yogurt
* yogurt knitting
* yogurt-knitting
* yogurt maker

#### Descendants

* → Cornish: yogort
* → Welsh: iogwrt
* → Yoruba: yúgọ́ọ̀tì

#### Translations
### See also

* buttermilk
* curd
* kefir
* whey

### References

* 1 2 3 “yogurt” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
* ↑ “yogurt”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* ↑ “yogurt”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. (including The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition, 2004)
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “yogurt”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* yogurt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* grouty

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɔ.ɡurt/
* Rhymes: -ɔɡurt
* Hyphenation: yò‧gurt

### Noun

yogurt m (invariable)
* yogurt

#### Derived terms

* yogurteria
* yogurtiera

### References

* ↑ yogurt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yogurt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /joɡut/, /joɡət/
* Rhymes: -ut, -ət

### Noun

yogurt (Jawi spelling يوݢورت, plural yogurt-yogurt, informal 1st possessive yogurtku, 2nd possessive yogurtmu, 3rd possessive yogurtnya)
* yogurt

### Further reading

* “yogurt” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʝoˈɡuɾt/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoˈɡuɾt/ [ɟ͡ʝoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoˈɡuɾt/ [ʃoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoˈɡuɾt/ [ʒoˈɣ̞uɾt̪]
* Rhymes: -uɾt
* Syllabification: yo‧gurt

### Noun

yogurt m (plural yogurts)
* Alternative form of yogur